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US watchdog led by Trump ally investigates BBC Panorama edit of January 6 speech

20 novembre 2025 à 15:50

Brendan Carr, head of FCC, asks if programme ever aired in US which is seen as key to any future litigation

A US media regulator led by a close ally of Donald Trump is examining whether an edition of the BBC’s Panorama broke US regulations in the way it edited one of the president’s speeches.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), led by Brendan Carr, has written to the BBC’s outgoing director general, Tim Davie, asking whether the programme was ever aired in the US.

Edinburgh TV Festival could leave Edinburgh

The Guardian

Par :Michael Savage Media editor

20 novembre 2025 à 10:00

Organisers look at other UK venues amid concerns over costs and industry’s lack of working-class voices

For almost 50 years, the great and the good of British broadcasting have descended on Edinburgh each summer to discuss the trials and tribulations of the TV world. David Attenborough, Tina Fey, Emily Maitlis and Rupert Murdoch are among those to have previously given speeches at the city’s TV festival.

Yet amid concerns about the industry’s lack of working-class voices and the high cost of a hotel room in the city, the event’s organisers are thinking the unthinkable: the Edinburgh TV festival could be leaving Edinburgh.